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Singh, Scheer speak out against Floyd killing, racism in U.S.
OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is proposing a slew of measures including better data on carding and more training for police officers to combat systemic racism in Canada. The prop...
Jun 01, 2020

Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman
MIAMI - A Fort Lauderdale police officer was suspended after video showed he pushed a kneeling woman to the ground during Sunday protests, resulting in bottles being thrown. The officer's colleagues q...
Jun 01, 2020

Missing: 43 y/o Steven Hull from Sylvan Lake
RCMP in Sylvan Lake say they have concern for the well-being of a missing 43-year-old man and are looking for public assistance in locating him.Steven Michael Hull's last known whereabouts were in the...
Jun 01, 2020

Full squad training resumes in Spain ahead of soccer restart
MADRID - Spanish clubs resumed full squad training on Monday, beginning the final stage of preparations for the return to competition. Clubs will have just under two weeks of full sessions before the ...
Jun 01, 2020

Family says 'back and forth' between N.S. and Ottawa over shooting probe 'unreal'
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia family is making a passionate appeal for the federal and Nova Scotia governments to end the "back and forth" over who leads a public inquiry into the p...
Jun 01, 2020

The Weather Network's Summer 2020 forecast
OAKVILLE, ON,- After a sluggish spring, summer has burst onto the scene across much of Canada. Is the hot summer weather here to stay? To answer that question, The Weather Network has released its sum...
Jun 01, 2020

Easing restrictions and rage in the streets; In The News for June 1
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 1 ... --- COVID-...
Jun 01, 2020

Community groups filling gaps in translation of COVID-19 information
VANCOUVER - When Mary Rose Manzano-Leal called Filipino employees of a coronavirus-stricken meat-packing plant in Alberta last month, the physician says they expressed relief as soon she began sp...
Jun 01, 2020

Injured vets waiting twice as long as promised to learn if they qualify for aid
OTTAWA - Canadian veterans are being forced to wait on average twice as long as promised to find out whether they qualify for financial help from the government, even as the backlog of unprocessed app...
Jun 01, 2020

'It's unsettling:' Ranchers and feedlots worried about future impact of COVID-19
CREMONA, Alta. - A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming. Bird runs a cow-calf operation and had to shout to be heard&n...
Jun 01, 2020